Here's what pneumonia is, what causes it and how the disease is usually treated once it has been diagnosed.

Researchers derived pragmatic models that accurately distinguish mild, moderate and severe pneumonia in children, based on evidence from a study performed in 73 Emergency Departments (EDs) in 14 ...

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Some assume pneumonia is an inevitable consequence of ageing, while others may not realise they are at risk, says infectious disease specialist Dr Leong Hoe Nam.

Updated guidelines for babies and children with non-serious pneumonia Babies and children between the ages of three months and 11-years-old with pneumonia should be offered a three-day rather than ...

The death of actor and leading man Val Kilmer is a stark reminder of how one of the most common lung infections in the country can turn deadly. Pneumonia causes more than a million ...

Pope Francis, the 88-year-old head of the 1.4-billion-member Roman Catholic Church, is in hospital being treated for double pneumonia following a respiratory infection.

Lungs infected with pneumonia will have solid white areas on an X-ray. Komsan Loonprom/Shutterstock age: babies under two, whose immune systems are still developing, and adults over 65, who tend ...

Pope Francis has developed pneumonia in both lungs, the Vatican said Tuesday, after new tests showed a further complication in the condition of the 88-year-old pontiff that raised concerns about hi… ...

Pneumonia is a lung infection caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi, or tuberculosis. Symptoms include fever, cough, chest pain, and shortness of breath.

Pneumonia is usually the result of a bacterial or viral infection and you can catch pneumonia from someone who already has it, as you can with the common cold.

What causes walking pneumonia? Both pneumonia and walking pneumonia are infections of the lung tissue, and both can be caused by a number of different viruses or bacteria.